Coral Vita

Gator Halpern and Sam Teicher met and became friends at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, where they both received Master of Environmental Management degrees.

Together, they helped launch the Social and Environmental Entrepreneurship Club and were awarded awarded Yale University’s first-ever Green Innovation Fellowship. Their graduate studies and love for the ocean inspired them to launch a company to solve global coral reef degradation.

Since founding Coral Vita, they’ve been recognized as Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs, Echoing Green and JMK Innovation Prize Fellows, and WeWork Creator Awards Global Finalists.